(Visual Basic 6.0) Transition from Zip.FirstMatchingEntry to Zip.EntryMatching

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated FirstMatchingEntry method calls with EntryMatching.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

' ...
' ...
Dim pattern As String
pattern = "*.txt"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The FirstMatchingEntry method is deprecated:

Dim entryObj As ChilkatZipEntry
Set entryObj = zip.FirstMatchingEntry(pattern)
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' ...
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using EntryMatching.
' Your application creates a new, empty ZipEntry object which is passed 
' in the last argument and filled upon success.

Dim ze As New ChilkatZipEntry
Dim success As Long
success = zip.EntryMatching(pattern,ze)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If